Introduction. Professions, Bonds and Boundaries. Visioning a Globalising, Managed and Inclusive Professionalism

The interim Conference of the international Sociological association Research Committee 52 «Sociology of Professional groups», hosted by the Catholic University in Milan between the 19th and 21st of March, addressed these issues under the title «Professions, Bonds and Boundaries. Visioning a globalising, managed and inclusive professionalism» and sought to improve the debates into new models of professionalism. the interim Conference was a very successful and stimulating event with a truly international audience: 170 participants and 18 sessions for a total of 28 parallel pan- els, with more than 30 countries represented. We selected four papers, which will be published in this issue and the next. in this issue we present two papers that address the question of the relationship between professionalism and regulation focusing on changes taking place in latin america.